Merck asks US FDA to authorise promising anti-COVID pill
Washington, Oct 11 (AP) Drugmaker Merck asked US regulators on Monday to authorise its pill against COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new...
Antibody injection cuts severe COVID-19 risk, AstraZeneca study concludes
London, Oct 11 (PTI) An antibody combination treatment delivered through an injection has shown statistically significant reduction in severe COVID-19 or death compared to...
India agrees to provide USD 200 million Line of Credit to support development projects...
Bishkek, Oct 11 (PTI) India on Monday agreed to provide a USD 200 million Line of Credit support for development projects in Kyrgyzstan, as...
3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize
Stockholm, Oct 11 (AP) Three US-based economists won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics on Monday for pioneering research on the labour market impacts...
Modi, Boris Johnson connect to discuss vaccine certification, trade, climate
London, Oct 11 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi spoke over phone on Monday during which they took...
16 Killed After Plane Crashes In Russia: Ministry
Moscow, Oct 10 (AFP): Sixteen people were killed after an aircraft carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said.
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Controversial Father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb AQ Khan passes away
Islamabad, Oct 10 (PTI) Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced atomic scientist known as the 'father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb' under the clandestine enrichment programme...
Car bomb in Yemen targets officials, kills four others
Sanaa (Yemen), Oct 10 (AP) Four people were killed Sunday in Yemen's port city of Aden by a car bomb that targeted two senior...
UK Minister Priti Patel wants specific law to tackle public harassment of women: Report
London, Oct 10 (PTI) UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is said to be keen on introducing a specific law against the public sexual harassment...
Taiwan rejects China’s “path” amid show of military force
Taipei, Oct 10 (AP) Taiwan's president on Sunday vowed to defend the island from China's rising pressure for reunification, after a week of unprecedented...
Iran makes more 20% enriched uranium than watchdog reported
Tehran, Oct 10 (AP) Iran has produced more than 120 kilograms (265 pounds) of 20% enriched uranium, the country's nuclear chief said, far more...
Thousands march in Brussels to demand tougher climate action
BRUSSELS, Oct 10 (AP) — Thousands of people young and old marched through Brussels on Sunday to push world leaders to take bolder action...
India at UN says will ramp up production capacity as new Indian vaccines come...
United Nations, Oct 9 (PTI) India has informed the UN that it will ramp up its production capacity as new Indian vaccines come on...
Russian Nobel winner: Peace Prize is for my paper, not me
Moscow, Oct 9 (AP) As editor of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov was well aware that his independent Russian newspaper a persistent critic of the...
Syria’s Assad allows exiled uncle to return to avoid prison
Beirut, Oct 9 (AP) President Bashar Assad allowed his exiled uncle back into Syria to avoid serving a four-year prison term in France, where...
Hezbollah member wanted for role in 1985 hijacking dies
Beirut, Oct 9 (AP) Ali Atwa, a senior Hezbollah operative who was on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in one of...
Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State
Islamabad, Oct 9 (AP) The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the US to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising...
Biden wants to address delays in Green Card processing system: White House
Washington, Oct 9 (PTI) US President Joe Biden wants to address the inordinate delays in the processing system of the Green Card, the White...
Developed countries should do a Net-Minus in order to vacate carbon space in 2050...
United Nations, Oct 9 (PTI) India has underlined that the target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 should be based on the principle of...
NATO expels 8 ”undeclared” Russian intelligence officers
Brussels, Oct 6 (AP) NATO on Wednesday expelled eight members of Russia's mission to the military alliance, saying that they were secretly working as...